Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

CTOnews.com Sept. 3, "final Fantasy 16" was released in June this year, although the official release of the game sales of 3 million, but according to Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda said that the current results of "final Fantasy 16" is actually not ideal in business.

It is reported that Hideki Yasuda claimed that although "final Fantasy 16" itself is insufficient, such as "the work did not log on to PS4, but the current PS5 penetration rate is not high, thus affecting game sales" and other objective reasons, but the biggest commercial failure of the game lies in "the high development cost of the game itself and the poor performance of the game in the European and American markets", so it can be considered that "this work has failed very much in business."

Hideki Yasuda believes that Square Enix has committed several big taboos, which makes outside industry analysts think that "the situation of Square Enix seems to be very bad."

The interval between the launch of 1.3A games is long.

two。 The quality control standard is insufficient, and the quality of its works is uneven.

3. Frequent introduction of money-sucking mobile games.

CTOnews.com found that games such as final Fantasy and the Warrior against the Dragon have been released for a long time in recent years, such as final Fantasy 15 in November 2019 and final Fantasy 16 in June 2023, with an interval of nearly four years.

▲ source "final Fantasy 16" game poster in terms of game quality control, although games such as "final Fantasy 16" and "eight Travelers" have better reviews, Square Enix also has "the fall of Babylon" and "FORSPOKEN" which are not praised by players as "mediocre works".

In terms of mobile games, Square Enix has launched a number of mobile games in recent years, but many of them are out of service after running for about a year, which has led to certain dissatisfaction among players.

Hideki Yasuda's analysis is indeed reasonable. In the face of the current situation of Square Enix, President Takashi Takashi's future decision is quite related to the future development of the company.

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